Mod Green Pod offers a burst of modern fun to the eco-fabric market. The company also produces wonderful wallpaper patterns. Their fabrics are 100% organic fabric and the wallpaper is vinyl-free. The fabric is hand silk-screened, which is an incredibly tedious and artful process. You can view photos of the printing process at their site. They currently offer 8 pattern choices in about 30 colors. The signature prints are bold, colorful, and totally modern.

Looking for a another green countertop material? Here's ecoX, an extreme concrete product offered by Meld USA. EcoX is made of a blend of 70% post-consumer and post-industrial recycled materials and cement. The product has the beautiful look of terrazzo and the cool smoothness of concrete, according to Meld.

For starters, when complete, Greenbelt will use roughly 40% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable building. And it looks fantastic, too — another case that living green doesn’t require throwing out your style. Located at 361 Manhattan Avenue, the eight unit building has one- and two-bedroom condos that range in price from $599k – $815k. In addition to all the green features listed below, I like how the developers plan to incorporate enhanced sound proofing and insulation in the walls, ceilings, and floors. People would probably be more willing to live in attached spaces, if they knew the extraneous sounds wouldn’t be a problem. Nevertheless, it’s clear the developers are setting a good example in that regard because Greenbelt will have the latest technology to minimize noise disruptions.

100 Percent is a contertop product from 3form, which is made entirely of old milk and detergent bottles. Pretty neat. This means the product is made with 100% post-consumer waste, an impressive feat, even within the green product world. 100 Percent is 1" thick and available in 4 colors: black with white specks, and white with orange, green, or gray specks (see below).

You’d think bamboo floor is pretty cut and dry, but EcoTimber, a leader in the push towards environmentally-friendly flooring options, has found a way to innovate in this area. They’ve just released a new, prefinished, strand-woven bamboo flooring that doesn’t look like your regular bamboo. The top image is a blown-up version of the amber color (view others below). Looks like a regular hardwood, doesn’t it? It actually acts like a hardwood, too. It took about two years to develop and can be sanded and refinished just like regular hardwoods. With a suggested retail price of $5.99 sf, there’s no reason to stick with the old growth products. Seriously.

Here are a few green reasons to like this new EcoTimber Bamboo offering:

I just received a tip on this modern, LEED for Homes-built home being built and sold in Portland, Oregon. It looks like a great design for a tough, slanted site. Located at 9130 SW 7th, this 1,982 sf home has a cool, two-story, up-down feel that’s common in townhouses, without the hassle and noise of a party wall (technically, it’s in the garage). Nice. I’m just going to roll through some of the green features, just to get a general idea of how green it is: reclaimed Oregon Myrtle wood floors on second level, durable standing seem metal roofing, IceStone countertops, radiant heating system with solar hot water assist, whole house heat-recovery ventilation and air filtration, occupancy sensors for efficient lighting, rainwater catchment system, photovoltaic solar electric system, formaldehyde-free cabinets, and radiant concrete first floor, etc.